Dr. Katharina Voß (née Peters)

Research Interest

• Influence of anthropogenic stressors on allochthonous organic matter breakdown
• Influence of anthropogenic stressors on the functional and taxonomic diversity of decomposers in streams
• Contributing to enhanced water management by assessing regional ecosystem functioning

Generally:

• Conservation of Biodiversity
• Interspecific Ecological Interactions

Publications

2015

• Voß, K., Fernández, D., Schäfer, R.B. 2015. Organic matter breakdown in streams in a region of contrasting anthropogenic land use. Science of the total Environment (527–528): 179–184.

2013

• Peters, K., Bundschuh, M., Schäfer, R. B. 2013. Review on the effects of toxicants on freshwater ecosystem functions. Environmental Pollution 180, 324-329.

Oral presentations

2015

• Voß, K., Fernández, D., Schadt, S., Schäfer, R.B., (2015). Do changes in the biodiversity of freshwater communities propagate to ecosystem functioning? SEFS 09 - Symposium for European Freshwater Science, Geneva, Switzerland.

2013

• Peters, K., Fernández, D., Schadt, S. Kolb, N. Heuring, A., Zubrod, J.P., Schäfer, R.B. (2013). Übertragen sich Landnutzungseffekte auf Invertebratengemein-schaften auf Ökosystemfunktionen? DGL (German Limnological Society) Jahrestagung 2013, Potsdam, Germany.
• Fernández, D., Peters, K., Zubrod, J.P., Schadt, S., Vermeirssen, E.L.M., Bundschuh, M., Schäfer, R.B. (2013). Effects of fungcides on leaf decomposition in vinyards streams. SIL (International Society of Limnology) XXXII Congress 2013, Budapest, Hungary.
• Peters, K., Fernández, D., Schadt, S., Kolb, N., Heuring, A., Schäfer, R.B. (2013). Do effects of land use on the diversity and structure of invertebrate communities propagate to a fundamental ecosystem funtion? SIL (International Society of Limnology) XXXII Congress 2013, Budapest, Hungary.
• Peters, K., Bundschuh, M., Schäfer, R.B. (2013).Review on the effects of toxicants on freshwater ecosystem functions. Third Young Environmental Scientists Meeting 2013, Krakow, Poland.

2012

• Peters, K., Bundschuh, M., Schäfer, R.B., (2012). Auswirkungen von Schadstoffen auf aquatische Ökosystemfunktionen. SETAC-GLB-Leipzig 2012.

Academic History